Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-30
q hundred times before, little impulsire
ANY shed torrent Of te,rs

hundred times before, little impulsiv
amy shed torrent Of tears.
"Why, Amy" expostulated Museraye
70 see you one might suppose that wa
solns to Egypt agsin, or, like poor Ions
dale, had service before ne on the Ran
COON river"
SIT is so hard to part from those y.
love-" ssid sae; Hbut we csnrot expeaf
life 10 be full CT roses"
"But still, you sre happy. darling. even
amid your tears?" saiG Horace. I0okino
tenderly down into The nizncBne face h.
held csTessingly between his hands.
"aappy, indeed, Horace"
"And gledP"
'Heppy and glad, tee, that ne love
each other and are engaged. How
strange, how empty, life must have been
before knew you"
At last hey parted, but Amy vas fsted
TO shed many bitter tear, snd endure g
long, long eorTow ere she saw Ihe dark
and handsome face Of Horace MussraYe
again.
And in fond anticipation Of 3 letter
some time on the morrow, Amy fell asleep
th6s night in the delusive hope that she
would dream Of her Eussar lover, his
! tender dark eyes, his soft earnest voice,
and the half gallant, hall playful 1nd
wholly loving things he was wont to say
to her; while he strOve to kill the eArIY
hours anyhow, apparently eGgrossed in
the Graphic, the World, Or Punch, etc.
cigar IL month, SIS he lounged in the cabin
OF the Dublin steamer while she pl0wed
! The restless lriTb sea and the lights Of
/ CSstlctoWn were fading cut ahead.
win Amy RPpUfnJl VI -
hsd oeGun-a romance, q lie of self de-
Yotion to another; the turning point If
aer girihood lad been passed VITA Tbs
acceptance Of Horace MusarayG's love,
End eVe2 the consciousness Of Ragin.ld
IGI5ot's hopeless and helpless passion Tor
her could act quench, though il certainly
somewhat GaTFed, the newborn i0y,
Ere ne LETT Rayensbourae. had Nna-
grave been less occupied with ard 1is
own stfsiTS, be must have perceived that
which nc did not, row anxious Sir Frisco
WAS 20 supply him with e. auit, N me
person Of Amy's lZiend &nd gossip, he
lsnie Talbot.
Letters th&t daily came Ger a time) 81
nounced that thG Husssr mad r Joined his
re2inent, he'd ocen ct eoma vjce-reg,I
oGIls, vSGisd by quelIinr IyIsh street
'shiDdies," aE5 80 forth: bur Recotp
never he2rd o. him from AlIv, and cry-
talGly Insde DO inquiries, though
a"aTe that, no doubt, they COrrespcuaed
daily.
He now sew more Of her; she cs~a
ao0ug NeIanle almost daily, "a If old.
and though the charm VI her sfster-lfse
intercourse with the poor Invalid was
broken OF clOuded, aud never caalf be
"aatiS was before, is hGd neagl7 al! iis
old peTils fer him.
"RGw cross You look" she ssid to him
one Gag.
"WeN-one can't be very Factions
wheD left alone, and I have cfte0 ag.r
LEI. so 81 lste," ne replied.
'RY Melante?"
"Yes-sDd you TOO ANY"
S1a culored, and ss # L change the
subject, somewhat uDwisaIy tlnwed him
sorse faded ~Gse-laavea rhst bad cone n
her II Letter, ehe sails, but did nor zat
from Dublin. Young Talbot SUSPECTED.
as much, a1d CrUnpling tham I'D Con-
leGptU0U5iy IN lis hot tain fingers. pr
lniiced them u dos5 o,w27 OF the ygit.,t
InIs drew ~ her p4tuleUt remgrk from
AIMS, the hrat 5he had ever made 10 MIN.
nTd 1t stG8@ him deeply; - tie more 4.
thai she did not come near ire c1.fs.,,
fer some Gays.
Al lssrsae thought to make amends ii
him, for his fault was small znd cxcus- 1
abie Thus she began softly:
81 an sorry Tor what said to :. T.
Reggie" II
"WbeD?" he asked, with sverted ev II
"A0ous the rose leaves: it vas
ch'ldl7h-You remembaI?"
'tfrs / never F,NrOa+ r,bsf w., 90.
me-" he replied, with a tremor in
voice. 81
"Ob! Prey forget that at all evepts.u u
~! cap, and you are actually sorr, *!
DC asked, with 8 s2ft smile z =
81 was il temper, you know; and Won
pardon ne?"
"Oh, yes-yes."
"Dear old Reggie!" a2e exclaimed, pai-
ting mis- hand.
His teart tremcIed with secret, but de-
lusive, happiness again.
''YOu are locking so pretty iq9t now. ,, |
he observed.
''Don't fstter me, Reggie"
81 don't. Il Is e bad pisu 10 f4tter !
gifl, know; out aaother will be trying |
me same thing with you again."
"And wten2"
"Waen he comes back: SO I nay -
well nave my innings, e. we say at cricket
Or as used TO s&y when cid pl.v |
he added, IS his emile fsded |
away.
"Bsck !-Tben will Horace cone back?n
thought Amy, for several days had non
pas5%G without alGtter from him.
But here we haRe enticipated another
portion Of eur story.
To Re TouI;,a,.,,y s-,..s